{"product_id":"the-fell-sarah-moss","title":"The Fell (Sarah Moss)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Sarah Moss, the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSummerwater\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGhost Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a story about the circumstances and the consequences of isolation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tense page-turner . . . I gulped \u003ci\u003eThe Fell\u003c\/i\u003e down in one sitting' - Emma Donoghue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Her work is as close to perfect as a novelist's can be' - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt dusk on a November evening in 2020 a woman slips out of her garden gate and turns up the hill. Kate is in the middle of two weeks of Covid isolation, but she just can't take it any more - the closeness of the air in her small house, the confinement. And anyway, the moor will be deserted at this time. Nobody need ever know.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Kate's neighbour Alice sees her leaving and Matt, Kate's son, soon realizes she's missing. And Kate, who planned only a quick solitary walk - a breath of open air - falls and badly injures herself. What began as a furtive walk has turned into a mountain-rescue operation . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnbearably suspenseful, witty and wise, \u003ci\u003eThe Fell\u003c\/i\u003e asks probing questions about the place the world has become since the first Covid lockdown in March 2020, and the place it was before. This novel is a story about compassion and kindness and what we must do to survive.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gripping, thoughtful and revelatory' - Paula Hawkins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This slim, intense masterpiece is one of my best books of the year' - Rachel Joyce\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of our very best contemporary novelists' - \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Moss is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at University College Dublin's School of English, Drama and Film in the Republic of Ireland. She has published six novels as well as a number of non-fiction works. Her work has been nominated three times for the Wellcome Book Prize., Sarah Moss is the author of several novels and a memoir of her year living in Iceland, \u003ci\u003eNames for the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize. Her novels are \u003ci\u003eSummerwater\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCold Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNight Waking\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBodies of Light\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize), \u003ci\u003eSigns for Lost Children\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize), \u003ci\u003eThe Tidal Zone\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize) and \u003ci\u003eGhost Wall, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2019.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarah was born in Glasgow and grew up in the north of England. After moving between Oxford, Canterbury, Reykjavik and West Cornwall, she now lives in the Midlands and is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Warwick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 192 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65926423904605,"sku":"K095915292","price":10.2,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9591529200001A.jpg?v=1789462845","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-fell-sarah-moss","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}